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Cabarrus County EMS <br />Alan Thompson, NREMT -P, BS, AAS <br />EMS Director <br />31 Willowbrook Drive <br />Concord, NC 28027 <br />Telephone 704 - 920 -2601 <br />Fax 704 - 782 -9286 <br />dathompson@cabarruscountv.us <br />www.cabarruscounty.us <br />29 January 2015 <br />Proposed Ambulance Fee Increase <br />EMS ambulance user fees (patient billing) are in place for the purpose of recouping costs <br />associated with the provision of ambulance services. This proposal establishes ambulances fees <br />based upon consideration of 150% of the Medicare Fee Schedule (common industry practice). <br />Working with Cabarrus County Finance and our third party billing agency, we project a $230,000 <br />increase in revenue if the following fee structure is adopted. <br />We request adoption of the following ambulance fee structure for FY 16 <br />Fee <br />Current <br />Proposed <br />BLS Non - Emergency <br />$350 <br />$350.00 <br />BLS Emergency <br />$350 <br />$515.97 <br />ALS Non - Emergency <br />$400 <br />$400.00 <br />ALS Emergency <br />ALS 2 <br />Specialty Care Transport <br />Mileage <br />ALS Treatment/no- transport <br />$450 <br />$500 <br />Not provided currently <br />$7.50 <br />$150 <br />Atxn 7"Ti.0ppnron <br />ALAN THOMPSON, NREMT -P <br />EMS Director <br />$612.71 <br />$886.82 <br />$1048.05 <br />$10.91 <br />$200 <br />Attachment number 1 <br />F -2 Page 121 <br />